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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 3, 2002Chester County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2002, 2:48 AM EDT for Chester County, South Carolina. It was in force for 12 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 3, 2002, 2:48 AM EDT (06:48 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2002, 3:00 AM EDT
In force: 12 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Whole counties

County Chester County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 192 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 566 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1419 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 3.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KGSP 030648
SVRGSP
SCC023-030700-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
247 AM EDT FRI MAY 3 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CHESTER COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 300 AM EDT

* AT 247 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHESTER...OR ABOUT 5 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF BLACKSTOCK...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FORT LAWN AT 250 AM EDT
  GREAT FALLS AT 255 AM EDT.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.

$$

MOORE

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 3, 12:56 AM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 12:56 AM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1256 AM EDT FRI MAY 3 2002

UPDATING FOR EXPIRATION OF SVR TSTM WATCH 217.

FCSTID =
GSP   65  74  55  69 /  80  40  60  50
AND   64  76  56  70 /  70  40  60  50
CLT   65  73  54  69 /  80  30  60  50
HKY   61  69  51  66 /  80  30  60  40
AVL   54  65  47  63 / 100  30  60  50

.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

TOMKO

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 2, 10:12 PM EDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before

GAZ010-017-030300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1012 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM
MOVING INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS EVENING.  THE
THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO HABERSHAM AND RABUN COUNTIES
WITHIN THE NEXT 20 MINUTES.  WHILE NO SEVERE WEATHER
HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL
FOR DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MPH.

FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WAS ALSO NOTED WITH THIS STORM.
PEOPLE SHOULD STAY INDOORS AS THIS STORM PASSES OVER THE
AREA AND MOVES INTO SOUTH CAROLINA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

DICARLO

Local storm report, May 2, 10:14 PM EDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1014 PM EDT THU MAY 02 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

905 PM     MILLS RIVER               NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/02   HENDERSON                      TREES DOWN IN MILLS RIVER

905 PM     ASHEVILLE AIRPORT TOWER   NC   59 MPH
05/02      BUNCOMBE                       TOWER REPORTED LLWS WIND
                                          GUST TO 51 KNOTS AT THE
                                          ASHEVILLE AIRPORT.

TJB

Local storm report, May 2, 10:36 PM EDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1036 PM EDT THU MAY 02 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

800 PM     TATERS KNOB              NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/02   SWAIN                          TREES  DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER

1019 PM    TERRELL                   NC   60 MPH
05/02/02   CATAWBA                        SPOTTER REPORTED WIND
                                          GUST TO 60 MPH.

MOORE

Local storm report, May 2, 10:51 PM EDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1051 PM EDT THU MAY 02 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1015 PM    MOUNTAIN VIEW             NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/02   CATAWBA                        TREES DOWN SOUTHWEST OF
                                          HICKORY IN MTN. VIEW
                                          AREA.

1015 PM    2 N DENVER                NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/02   CATAWBA                        WINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF
                                          BALLS CREEK GAS STATION
                                          ON HWY 16.

TJB

Local storm report, May 2, 11:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1130 PM EDT THU MAY 02 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1045 PM    MOUNT ULLA                NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/02   ROWAN                          TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN IN MT. ULLA IN
                                          WESTERN ROWAN COUNTY.

TJB

Special weather statement, May 2, 11:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ007>009-013-014-030500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1159 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 217 HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT...
ALEXANDER...CATAWBA...IREDELL...DAVIE...ROWAN...CLEVELAND...
LINCOLN...GASTON...MECKLENBURG...CABARRUS...AND UNION.

IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
YORK AND CHESTER.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 217 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 1 AM...

SPARTANBURG...CHEROKEE AND UNION.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR
THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER
SITUATION.

MOORE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 8:32 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson	43 min
May 3, 8:58 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Laurens	47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2002 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.